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4. Structure of the Software
4.1 Software Structure
The Simplicity software comprises three levels:
1. The Protocol Manager which is displayed after program
startup is the program’s switchboard featuring the following
functions:
• Create measurement protocols: <Create...>
• Edit measurement protocols: <Edit...>
• Delete measurement protocols: <Delete>
• Select measurement menu: <Run...>
• Load data file: <Retrieve Data>
• Define instrument parameters: [Instrument] tab
• Define directory for measured data: <Options>
(see section 4.2)
2. Input of measurement parameters. To enter measurement
parameters, either create a new measurement protocol in the
protocol manager (<Create...>) or edit an existing measure-
ment protocol (<Edit...>). The respective protocol is loaded
and can be filled out and saved for later measurements (see
section 4.3).
3. The measurement menu is structured depending on the se-
lected protocol type. Here, the measurement is started and
executed. At the same time, the measurement menu is the
switchboard for display and further processing of the meas-
ured results: result display, graphical presentation and export
of the data into EXCEL (see section 4.4).
Section 4.6 includes an overview of the program functions.
